[jeff power]

OK so I'm confused.

Today I located a 1992 D60, to go under my 1996 250. The knuckles and all the braking components are missing. As well as the drivers side axle and stub axle.

My question is will the knuckles and brakes from my D50 work?

After doing a lot of reading here and elsewhere, I'm confused. Some say yes if you use D60 balljoints and some say no. So what is it, yes or no. This axle is only $200 and I would like to make it work if I can.

Thanks Guys.

 

[jeff power]

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[Squid63]

I've heard that the knuckles will work. You will need to find the missing axleshafts, because those are different. For $200 I'd get the thing for parts anyway.

 

[diesel_brad]

Yeah. for 200 bucks. Thats cheap

 

[Nit]

grab it and work from there $200 is cheap.

 

[Garbage_Mechanic]

If you look on car-part .com there are a lot for axles with busted housings listed so having a good housing is a good thing for $200. The only D50 part that will fit properly is the wheel hubs and rotors as well as the calipers, provided you stay in the same year group on brake parts. I just posted all the info on that the other day.

 

[gnxtc2]

I believe the 92 D60 is ball jointed. This is a loaded question........

Since you have no knuckles, look for knuckles from 95-97. All the braking equipment will transfer over. You get knuckles from 92-94, they have the slide pins cast into them to hold the calipers on. Which means all the brake equipment will not work from the D50.

The axles do not interchange between the D50 and D60. The hubs and spindles interchange.

Have anymore questions just ask.

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Billy T.
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[Garbage_Mechanic]

The D50 spindles will fit and some have ran them for some time, but they are different. The pilot on the back is shallower thus the connection between the spindle and knuckle is not as strong. At the same time I guess you could say it is a strong as a D50. I won't do it.

 

[Squid63]

The pilot on the back changes with the style of knuckle. The deeper pilot is for a separate caliper mounting bracket, while the shallower pilot is for the integrated caliper mount.

 

[Garbage_Mechanic]

Ahh, but.....

The D50 spindles I have are from both a 91 and a 96 both integral caliper brackets. The D60's I have are a 92 and a 96, both integral caliper brackets. The pilot on the D50 spindle is only about half as deep as the D60. So that's not it.

If you reallyu think about it, the front wheel spindle is only held on by five 7/16 studs and the register fit of the pilot. Do you really want only half of the register fit?

 

[Squid63]

I guess I never payed attention to the specifics. You know what they say about assuming.

 

[gnxtc2]

Ahh, but.....

The D50 spindles I have are from both a 91 and a 96 both integral caliper brackets. The D60's I have are a 92 and a 96, both integral caliper brackets. The pilot on the D50 spindle is only about half as deep as the D60. So that's not it.

If you reallyu think about it, the front wheel spindle is only held on by five 7/16 studs and the register fit of the pilot. Do you really want only half of the register fit?

What do you mean by integral caliper bracket?

Both spindles are flush with the back of my '94 D60 knuckle. The 7/16 studs/bolts don't hold the weight of the truck, they hold the spindle onto the knuckle.

I do agree that there is a spindle with a longer flange to accomidate the knuckles with seperate caliper brackets.

The D50 is a '97. The D60 is a '94.

Billy T.
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[Garbage_Mechanic]

What do you mean by integral caliper bracket? The 88 to 94 D60 has a seperate bracket to hold the caliper that fits on like the dust sheilds do, under the spindle.

As to your photo, I could take the same photo, but the D60 spindle would have about twice as tall of a pilot. This is the case with all of the ball joint D60's Ive seen. Maybe yours had a D50 spindle put on before you got it? On your D60, when assembled does the pilot come alle the way flush with the hole in the knuckle? You can see it in the truck if you turn the wheel.

Not calling you out on this by any means, just trying to understand.

Oh, the part # is different on D50 and D60 in the same year or any year. :icon_confused:

 

[gnxtc2]

What do you mean by integral caliper bracket? The 88 to 94 D60 has a seperate bracket to hold the caliper that fits on like the dust sheilds do, under the spindle.

Thanks

As to your photo, I could take the same photo, but the D60 spindle would have about twice as tall of a pilot. This is the case with all of the ball joint D60's Ive seen. Maybe yours had a D50 spindle put on before you got it?

Bought my truck new off the Ford dealer's lot. I can see that the pilot will be deeper with an integral caliper bracket.

On your D60, when assembled does the pilot come alle the way flush with the hole in the knuckle? You can see it in the truck if you turn the wheel.

Yea, the pilot is flush with the hole in the knuckle. My D60 is a ball jointed '94. The knuckles have cast in grooves for the slide pins. I'm looking for D60 knuckles from a 95-97 vintage so I can keep my truck the same year for front end parts.

Not calling you out on this by any means, just trying to understand.

No problem

Oh, the part # is different on D50 and D60 in the same year or any year. :icon_confused:

I wonder why ?

Billy T.
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[PSDfreak]

Anyone got a picture of the separate caliper bracket? Im putting a '93 D60 in mine and I dont recall this part??? The caliper just mounts to the knuckle via the slide pins as I recall...unless I am mixing up terminology here.

-Casey

 

[Garbage_Mechanic]

GNXTC2: I found my 95-97 Knucles in Western Canada on Car-Part .com just look for placesthat list front axles for parts, then call them. The front axle housing breaks pretty easy if you slide off the road into a ditch.

PSD Freak: The seperate caliper bracket I was discussing only applies to the 88-91 KINGPIN axle. 92-94 the caliper rails take the same caliper but are part of the knuckle. On 95-97, there IS a seperate bracket that bolts on w 2 bolts about 5/8 and then caliper bolts to it, completely different and better caliper system. It is the same as the D50 I believe so If you have a 95 up you know what it looks like.

 

[PSDfreak]

gotcha....thanks for the explanation :thumbsup: